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GHSA-h8pg-xg8h-5pgp
GHSA-h8pg-xg8h-5pgp
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions from 2.2.3 through 5.9.rc5. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. This highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-h8pg-xg8h-5pgp
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876788 url
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html url
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/15/2 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14390 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html url
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/174 url